Close to My Heart ALbum Retreat

Close to My Heart ALbum Retreat

Monday, January 28, 2013

Card for Valentine's Day

Card's I'm working on for my club this month.  Using the Whooo's your Valentine Stamp and plain card stock.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Start of my Valentine cards.
These are the layouts we did at last months club.  I think they turned out great.  Yes, they are with retired product but no on seemed to mind.  It's all in the concept.  Inspired by another consultant but I can't remember who.  
Page I

Inside first flap
 Page II
 
Page III

A little winter wonderland scrap booking!

Look what I have done this morning and all while I'm still in my pj's.  It's a beautiful day here in Sheridan, Wyoming but I'm just not ready to get on with the day.  I received these pictures of my little grand daughter in Russia, whom I have never met and the Wonderland paper pack came to mind so I set down and the way I went.  Literally it took me less than 2 hours to create all of this.  Using just the paper pack, stickease and a little imagination.


Tuesday, November 27, 2012


I'm at it again.  I love this technique. 
I cut several shapes from my very favorite retired paper pack Clover Meadow and Holiday Red. I settled on the circles and made a few stars from a non CTMH piece of sparkle paper that I have hoarded up for some time.  I think it turned out really nice.  The card at the right is one I made for convention in Disney Land.  Even before we had the Art Philosophy cartridge.  My girl friends and I cut each and every star out by hand.  Boy am I glad we got the cartridges.  I think we are very fortunate. 

Saturday, November 24, 2012

 I have just finished making this card and my scrap booking room looks like it was hit by a bomb!  I saw this card at a Bizarre and quickly ran home to make it.  This is what my memory tells me it looked like, minus the paper and stamp set. 
 Inside


Art Philosophy
Bricks for Chimney 1 ½”  Pg 25
Hat- Banner 1”                  Pg 59
Artiste
Mittens 1 ¼”                        Pg 79
Bag-Owl 2”                          Pg 76
Snowflake ½”                      Pg 79
Packages cut about 1” free hand
Chimney base is 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 Chimney top is 3 ½” x ¾”
Card 4 ¼" x 5/ ½" Cranberry
Base is Desert Sand
Bricks and top chimney is Cashmere
Sponge around bricks with Desert Sand
Snow was a MS Tinsel Glitter
Cranberry Bakers Twine
Ho Ho Ho was stamp set C1331 Santa’s Flight

Saturday, November 3, 2012


This is my first card for my workshop next month. I used Pear and Partridge paper package, New England Ivy and Cranberry Inn, sparkles and our famous Shimmer Trim. I duplicated the large flower on page 88 of the idea book by using the dimensions on the stamp set D1480 Snowflakes. The center flower was cut using the Cranberry Paper and the bottom snowflake was Smoothie. the holly was cut 2 1/4. My strip of the striped paper was 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. I used 3D foam tape to raise both snowflakes. Boy the cricut sure makes getting ready for a workshop a whole lot easier. Hope you like it.